When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.
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- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes aired
- 90
- Latest aired
- S04E22
- Total runtime
- 1d 13h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1978 – June 1979 22 episodes
- Season 2 September 1979 – March 1980 24 episodes
- Season 3 November 1980 – April 1981 22 episodes
- Season 4 October 1981 – April 1982 22 episodes
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S01E01 Pilot (1)
September 18 · 25min find the promo
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Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
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S01E02 Pilot (2)
September 25 · 25min find the promo
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Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
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S01E03 Les On a Ledge
October 2 · 25min find the promo
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Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
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S01E04 Hoodlum Rock
October 9 · 25min find the promo
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Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
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S01E05 Hold-Up
October 16 · 25min find the promo
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A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
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S01E06 Bailey's Show
October 23 · 25min find the promo
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Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
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S01E07 Turkeys Away
October 30 · 25min find the promo
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Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
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S01E08 Love Returns
November 6 · 25min find the promo
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Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
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S01E09 Mama's Review
January 15 · 25min find the promo
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In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
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S01E10 A Date With Jennifer
January 22 · 25min find the promo
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Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
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S01E11 The Contest Nobody Could Win
January 29 · 25min find the promo
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Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
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S01E12 Tornado
February 5 · 25min find the promo
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A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
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S01E13 Goodbye, Johnny
February 19 · 25min find the promo
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Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
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S01E14 Johnny Comes Back
February 26 · 25min find the promo
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Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
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S01E15 Never Leave Me, Lucille
March 5 · 25min find the promo
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Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
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S01E16 I Want to Keep My Baby
March 12 · 25min find the promo
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Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
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S01E17 A Commercial Break
March 26 · 25min find the promo
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Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
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S01E18 Who is Gordon Sims?
April 2 · 25min find the promo
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Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
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S01E19 I Do, I Do... For Now
April 23 · 25min find the promo
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Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
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S01E20 Young Master Carlson
April 30 · 25min find the promo
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Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
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S01E21 Fish Story
May 28 · 25min find the promo
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Andy tells a journalist that WKRP is just a "run-of-the-mill" station, even though a staffer is running around in a "carp" suit.
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S01E22 Preacher
June 4 · 25min find the promo
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A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.